Professor Raina MacIntyre – Questions for COVID-19 control
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There are so many unknowns about COVID-19. In this seminar, four of these areas of uncertainty will be addressed.
- Schools: to what extent do children get infected with and transmit SARS-CoV-2?
- Transmission: is it airborne?
- The frontline: why are so many health workers getting infected and how can we better protect them?
- Vaccination: never in the lifetime of currently working health experts has mass vaccination been undertaken. What lesson can be learned from previous infectious diseases when it comes to rolling out an unprecedented vaccine program?
Hear from one of Australia’s foremost COVID-19 experts, Professor Raina MacIntyre who will unpack the available scientific evidence in relation to questions and controversies in COVID-19 control.
Professor Raina MacIntyre Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute
Raina MacIntyre (MBBS Hons 1, FRACP, FAFPHM, M App Epid, PhD) is a NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Global Biosecurity. She heads the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, which conducts research in epidemiology, vaccinology, bioterrorism prevention, mathematical modelling, public health and clinical trials in infectious diseases. Her areas of expertise include personal protective equipment, vaccinology, epidemic response and emerging infectious diseases.
Organiser Kirby Institute
Organiser of Professor Raina MacIntyre – Questions for COVID-19 control
The Kirby Institute is a leading global research institute dedicated to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, with a particular focus on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections. Our research is undertaken across a spectrum that ranges from laboratory studies, through clinical trials of preventative and therapeutic treatments, to public health surveillance and impact evaluation.
